Machine for cutting lacings



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

HOSEA B. HARVEY, OF NORTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING LACINGS.

Fpeclication forming part of Letters Patent No. 44, B S 9, dated September 13, 1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HosEA B. HARVEY, of Northbridge, in the county of lorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Machine for Cutting Lacings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, when taken in connection with the accompanying,r drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure l, a side view; Fig. 2, a horizontal section; Fig. 3, a top view, and in Fig, 4 an end View.

Similar letters indicate like parts.

My invention is designed especially for cutting belt-lacings, but it is equally well adapted to stripping leather for other purpores; and it consists in a case wherein to place and compress a roll of lace or other leather, one end of the said case open, anda follower with a feed-screw at the other end to force the leather out at the open end as far as required for the width of a single strip or lacing. The open end of the case is squared to serve as a guide against which to cut ott' the lacing.

To more fully illustrate my invention, I will proceed to describe it in connection with the accompanying drawings.

A :is a case of metal or any suitable material. It consists of two sides and a bottoni' of dimensions proportionate to the purpose l for which itis to be used. One end, B, is open, i

the other end, C, solid. D is a feed screw in the closed end bearing against a follower, E, fitted to traverse longitudinally in the case. l place a roll of leather, F, into the case A and onto it I lay a pressurebar, Gr, and press the said bar down onto the leather by screws a a until the leather below the bar in the case is sulliciently compressed, then turn the feedscrew I) to force the leather out at the opened end so far as is required for'tlie width of the lacing or strip, then with a knife bear ing against the end of the box, as in Figs. l and 3, cut oft' one strip, force out the roll for a second, and so on, cutting one strip or lao- 'ing at a time, leaving so much of the leather in the case as may not be wanted, and cut therefrom as may be required from time to time, or cut the whole piece if preferred. When not in use the box may be hung up bythe holeI d in the rear designed for that purpose.

Should it be preferred, the knife may be hung t0 the case, as seen in Fig. 4, yet a conlmon knife answers every purpose.

y Having fully set forth and described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

The within-described machine for cutting I strips, constructed and arranged substantially as specified.

HOSEA B, HARVEY.

Witnesses JOHN E. EARLE, E. H EA'roN. 

